OT:Is this the right forum for HTML help?

[Fyron]

What do you mean by "first file in the directory"? You can sort files in any order you want, so there isn't a first file. Do you mean the file containing the latest turn? That should be fairly easy, just a simple while loop testing each file to see if it has a larger number than the Last.

Also, how are the files named? Do you name them all the same way, but just with a different number in each filename?

[ August 14, 2003, 04:29: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[Ruatha]

Hey.
PHP looks much easier than CGI, why didn't I check this out before?

[Fyron]

Dunno. Care to answer my question?

[Fyron]

I have your script written, I just need to know what the file naming scheme is.

Actually, go here to see it in action:

http://www.spaceempires.net/ruatha/

There are 4 files in the folder:
ng1.zip
ng01.zip
ng12.zip
ng3.zip

You can d/l the script here:

http://www.spaceempires.net/ruatha/index.zip

You will need to set the appropriate path info and such, as commented in the script.

[ August 14, 2003, 04:53: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

[Ruatha]

Sure.
When I do a script that looks for files in the directory it dirst returns the directorys "." and ".." and then a filenamen for the turn file, and I don't want it to try and download the current or above directory !
The turnfiles are named NGC3_57.zip with 57 variable.

I've done this but it seems to download into the browser and view the file there, and it gives header errors and I can't seem to get the path right!
So I'll be watching your script when it comes!!

That is propably what you'll get when you try to patch several scripts together!

[ August 14, 2003, 05:00: Message edited by: Ruatha ]

[Ruatha]

Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
I have your script written, I just need to know what the file naming scheme is.

Actually, go here to see it in action:

http://www.spaceempires.net/ruatha/

There are 4 files in the folder:
ng1.zip
ng01.zip
ng12.zip
ng3.zip

You can d/l the script here:

http://www.spaceempires.net/ruatha/index.zip

You will need to set the appropriate path info and such, as commented in the script.

Thanx, will check it out now!

[Ruatha]

Good,
I changed the path and the Last character from g to _ and so far it works ok.

Thanx Fyrons PHP script at my site (Not incorporated yet)

Now I just need it to start an automatic download instead of making a link....

This is the script I made prior to yours, it finds the right file but as I said I get header errors and it shows the content in the browser:
http://ruatha.homelinux.org/test.txt


Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at d:\data\server\test.php:1) in d:\data\server\test.php on line 38

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at d:\data\server\test.php:1) in d:\data\server\test.php on line 40

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at d:\data\server\test.php:1) in d:\data\server\test.php on line 42

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at d:\data\server\test.php:1) in d:\data\server\test.php on line 50

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at d:\data\server\test.php:1) in d:\data\server\test.php on line 52

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at d:\data\server\test.php:1) in d:\data\server\test.php on line 54

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at d:\data\server\test.php:1) in d:\data\server\test.php on line 58

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at d:\data\server\test.php:1) in d:\data\server\test.php on line 60

Warning: Cannot modify header information - headers already sent by (output started at d:\data\server\test.php:1) in d:\data\server\test.php on line 62

and then it starts to show text of the content of the zip file, not what I had in mind!

[ August 14, 2003, 05:22: Message edited by: Ruatha ]